AK-47
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noun
- The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design.
- A large South African sandwich; a kind of gatsby.
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Borrowed from Russian АК-47 (AK-47), shortened from автома́т Кала́шникова 1947 (avtomát Kalášnikova 1947) (Kalashnikov's automatic rifle), from the name of the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov.
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